A small, carefully scaled geoengineering program could compensate for the loss of cooling as we eliminate sulfur pollution.

The official number of exoplanets—planets outside our solar system—tracked by NASA has reached 6,000. Confirmed planets are ...

Dr Ryan MacDonald, lecturer in extrasolar planets in the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of St Andrews, ...

Dwarf planet 2023 KQ14, Ammonite, has a stable orbit that challenges the hypothesis of the mysterious Planet Nine.

The news: NASA's Perseverance rover had found potential signs of ancient microbial life on Mars. The discovery represents "the closest we have ever come to discovering life on Mars," NASA acting ...

Astronomers were fascinated after spotting an object from interstellar space hurtling through the solar system earlier this ...

The long-standing idea of planets forming in perfectly flat, orderly discs has been challenged by new research. Instead of ...

Can planets be different shapes? This video explores the fascinating world of planetary shapes, discussing how gravitational forces and other factors influence their forms. Discover the scientific ...

Mathematicians calculated where the planet might be based on its effects on Uranus, and astronomers searched for less than an ...

Interstellar objects like 3I/ATLAS that have been captured in planet-forming disks around young stars could become the seeds ...

Most corals in the Atlantic Ocean will soon stop growing. Many are already dying, leaving shorelines and marine ecosystems ...